Quite frankly, it is embarrassing to watch.
The English participants make embarrassing attempts to speak French, and seem to expect the French people to speak English!
I very frequently visit one of the featured towns, l'Isle sur Sorgues, and find the people helpful and polite, as the program shows, but the programme does nothing for the reputation of the English who make little or no effort to converse in the language of the country they are visiting.
I understand this is for the uk market, but subtitles could have been used alongside English participants speaking French.
This programme shows why schools should teach languages!
Look how disadvantaged they are.
The English participants make embarrassing attempts to speak French, and seem to expect the French people to speak English!
I very frequently visit one of the featured towns, l'Isle sur Sorgues, and find the people helpful and polite, as the program shows, but the programme does nothing for the reputation of the English who make little or no effort to converse in the language of the country they are visiting.
I understand this is for the uk market, but subtitles could have been used alongside English participants speaking French.
This programme shows why schools should teach languages!
Look how disadvantaged they are.